diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/module-context.xml b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/module-context.xml
index 4ef9447a72..805736da39 100644
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/module-context.xml
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/module-context.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-3.0.xsd ">
-       
+
    <!-- Module compatibility component -->
    <bean name="rm.moduleCompatibilityComponent" class="org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.bootstrap.ModuleCompatibilityComponent">
       <property name="descriptorService" ref="descriptorComponent"/>
@@ -258,7 +258,4 @@
    <!-- Import the Content Services -->
    <import resource="classpath:alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/content-context.xml"/>
 
-   <!-- Import the RM public api -->
-   <import resource="classpath:alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-public-rest-context.xml"/>
-
 </beans>
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-public-rest-context.xml b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-public-rest-context.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f3404a3ae..0000000000
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-public-rest-context.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
-        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd">
-
-     <bean id="rm.quickShareLinks" parent="quickShareLinks">
-        <property name="nodes" ref="rm.nodes"/>
-    </bean>
-
-    <bean id="rm.QuickShareLinks" class="org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactoryBean">
-        <property name="proxyInterfaces">
-            <value>org.alfresco.rest.api.QuickShareLinks</value>
-        </property>
-        <property name="target">
-            <ref bean="rm.quickShareLinks" />
-        </property>
-        <property name="interceptorNames">
-            <list>
-                <idref bean="legacyExceptionInterceptor" />
-            </list>
-        </property>
-    </bean>
-
-    <bean id="rm.nodes" class="org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.rest.api.impl.RMNodesImpl" parent="nodes">
-        <property name="quickShareLinks" ref="rm.QuickShareLinks"/>
-    </bean>
-
-    <bean id="rm.Nodes" class="org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactoryBean">
-       <property name="proxyInterfaces">
-          <value>org.alfresco.rest.api.Nodes</value>
-       </property>
-       <property name="target">
-          <ref bean="rm.nodes" />
-       </property>
-       <property name="interceptorNames">
-          <list>
-             <idref bean="legacyExceptionInterceptor" />
-          </list>
-       </property>
-    </bean>
-
-    <bean class="org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.rest.api.RMFileplanComponentsEntityResource">
-       <property name="nodes" ref="rm.Nodes" />
-    </bean>
-
-    <bean class="org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.rest.api.FileplanChildrenRelation">
-       <property name="nodes" ref="rm.Nodes" />
-    </bean>
-
-    <bean class="org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.rest.api.CategoryEntityResource"/>
-
-    <bean class="org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.rest.api.CategoryChildrenRelation">
-       <property name="nodes" ref="rm.Nodes" />
-    </bean>
-
-</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml
index c721e273d1..1c736ba78a 100644
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
       <skip.integrationtests>true</skip.integrationtests>
       <alfresco.solr.home>${project.build.directory}/solr/home</alfresco.solr.home>
       <maven.alfresco.rm.api.explorer.version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</maven.alfresco.rm.api.explorer.version>
+      <alfresco.rm.community.rest.api.version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</alfresco.rm.community.rest.api.version>
    </properties>
 
    <build>
@@ -340,6 +341,11 @@
           <artifactId>reflections</artifactId>
           <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
+         <artifactId>alfresco-rm-community-rest-api</artifactId>
+         <version>${alfresco.rm.community.rest.api.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 
    <profiles>
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rest/api/CategoryChildrenRelation.java b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rest/api/CategoryChildrenRelation.java
deleted file mode 100644
index aa48716a8d..0000000000
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rest/api/CategoryChildrenRelation.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * #%L
- * Alfresco Records Management Module
- * %%
- * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2016 Alfresco Software Limited
- * %%
- * This file is part of the Alfresco software.
- * -
- * If the software was purchased under a paid Alfresco license, the terms of
- * the paid license agreement will prevail.  Otherwise, the software is
- * provided under the following open source license terms:
- * -
- * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- * -
- * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- * -
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- * #L%
- */
-
-package org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.rest.api;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.model.RecordsManagementModel;
-import org.alfresco.rest.api.Nodes;
-import org.alfresco.rest.api.model.Node;
-import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.EntityResource;
-import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.RelationshipResource;
-import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.actions.interfaces.RelationshipResourceAction;
-import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.parameters.Parameters;
-
-@RelationshipResource(name="category-children", entityResource = CategoryEntityResource.class, title = "Children of Category type")
-public class CategoryChildrenRelation implements 
-    RelationshipResourceAction.Create<Node>
-{
-    private Nodes nodes;
-
-    public void setNodes(Nodes nodes)
-    {
-        this.nodes = nodes;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public List<Node> create(String parentFolderNodeId, List<Node> nodeInfos, Parameters parameters)
-    {
-        List<Node> result = new ArrayList<>(nodeInfos.size());
-
-        for (Node nodeInfo : nodeInfos)
-        {
-            nodeInfo.setNodeType(RecordsManagementModel.RM_PREFIX + ":" + RecordsManagementModel.TYPE_RECORD_CATEGORY.getPrefixString());
-            result.add(nodes.createNode(parentFolderNodeId, nodeInfo, parameters));
-        }
-
-        return result;
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rest/api/CategoryEntityResource.java b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rest/api/CategoryEntityResource.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f5eef95d34..0000000000
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rest/api/CategoryEntityResource.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * #%L
- * Alfresco Records Management Module
- * %%
- * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2016 Alfresco Software Limited
- * %%
- * This file is part of the Alfresco software.
- * -
- * If the software was purchased under a paid Alfresco license, the terms of
- * the paid license agreement will prevail.  Otherwise, the software is
- * provided under the following open source license terms:
- * -
- * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- * -
- * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- * -
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- * #L%
- */
-
-package org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.rest.api;
-
-import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.EntityResource;
-
-@EntityResource(name="categories", title = "Categories")
-public class CategoryEntityResource
-{
-
-}
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rest/api/FileplanChildrenRelation.java b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rest/api/FileplanChildrenRelation.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b8d07d8137..0000000000
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rest/api/FileplanChildrenRelation.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * #%L
- * Alfresco Records Management Module
- * %%
- * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2016 Alfresco Software Limited
- * %%
- * This file is part of the Alfresco software.
- * -
- * If the software was purchased under a paid Alfresco license, the terms of
- * the paid license agreement will prevail.  Otherwise, the software is
- * provided under the following open source license terms:
- * -
- * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- * -
- * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- * -
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- * #L%
- */
-
-package org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.rest.api;
-
-import org.alfresco.rest.api.Nodes;
-import org.alfresco.rest.api.model.Node;
-import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.RelationshipResource;
-import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.actions.interfaces.RelationshipResourceAction;
-import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.parameters.CollectionWithPagingInfo;
-import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.parameters.Parameters;
-
-@RelationshipResource(name="children", entityResource = RMFileplanComponentsEntityResource.class, title = "Children of fileplan component")
-public class FileplanChildrenRelation implements RelationshipResourceAction.Read<Node>
-{
-    private Nodes nodes;
-
-    public void setNodes(Nodes nodes)
-    {
-        this.nodes = nodes;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public CollectionWithPagingInfo<Node> readAll(String parentFolderNodeId, Parameters parameters)
-    {
-        return nodes.listChildren(parentFolderNodeId, parameters);
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rest/api/RMFileplanComponentsEntityResource.java b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rest/api/RMFileplanComponentsEntityResource.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c8860d17b1..0000000000
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rest/api/RMFileplanComponentsEntityResource.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * #%L
- * Alfresco Records Management Module
- * %%
- * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2016 Alfresco Software Limited
- * %%
- * This file is part of the Alfresco software.
- * -
- * If the software was purchased under a paid Alfresco license, the terms of
- * the paid license agreement will prevail.  Otherwise, the software is
- * provided under the following open source license terms:
- * -
- * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- * -
- * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- * -
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- * #L%
- */
-
-package org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.rest.api;
-
-import org.alfresco.rest.api.Nodes;
-import org.alfresco.rest.api.model.Node;
-import org.alfresco.rest.framework.WebApiDescription;
-import org.alfresco.rest.framework.WebApiParam;
-import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.EntityResource;
-import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.actions.interfaces.EntityResourceAction;
-import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.parameters.Parameters;
-
-@EntityResource(name="fileplan-components", title = "Fileplan Components")
-public class RMFileplanComponentsEntityResource implements 
-        EntityResourceAction.ReadById<Node>
-{
-
-    private Nodes nodes;
-
-    public void setNodes(Nodes nodes)
-    {
-        this.nodes = nodes;
-    }
-
-    @WebApiDescription(title = "Get Node Information", description = "Get information for the fileplan component with id 'nodeId'")
-    @WebApiParam(name = "nodeId", title = "The node id")
-    public Node readById(String nodeId, Parameters parameters)
-    {
-        return nodes.getFolderOrDocument(nodeId, parameters);
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rest/api/impl/RMNodesImpl.java b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rest/api/impl/RMNodesImpl.java
deleted file mode 100644
index bd6badcf37..0000000000
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rest/api/impl/RMNodesImpl.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * #%L
- * Alfresco Records Management Module
- * %%
- * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2016 Alfresco Software Limited
- * %%
- * This file is part of the Alfresco software.
- * -
- * If the software was purchased under a paid Alfresco license, the terms of
- * the paid license agreement will prevail.  Otherwise, the software is
- * provided under the following open source license terms:
- * -
- * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- * -
- * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- * -
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- * #L%
- */
-
-package org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.rest.api.impl;
-
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.rest.api.model.RMNode;
-import org.alfresco.rest.api.impl.NodesImpl;
-import org.alfresco.rest.api.model.Node;
-import org.alfresco.rest.api.model.UserInfo;
-import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
-import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName;
-
-public class RMNodesImpl extends NodesImpl
-{
-    @Override
-    public Node getFolderOrDocument(final NodeRef nodeRef, NodeRef parentNodeRef, QName nodeTypeQName, List<String> includeParam, Map<String, UserInfo> mapUserInfo)
-    {
-        Node node = super.getFolderOrDocument(nodeRef, parentNodeRef, nodeTypeQName, includeParam, mapUserInfo);
-        Node node2 = new RMNode(node);
-        
-        return node2;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rest/api/model/RMNode.java b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rest/api/model/RMNode.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 335333f1e5..0000000000
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rest/api/model/RMNode.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * #%L
- * Alfresco Records Management Module
- * %%
- * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2016 Alfresco Software Limited
- * %%
- * This file is part of the Alfresco software.
- * -
- * If the software was purchased under a paid Alfresco license, the terms of
- * the paid license agreement will prevail.  Otherwise, the software is
- * provided under the following open source license terms:
- * -
- * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- * -
- * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- * -
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- * #L%
- */
-
-package org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.rest.api.model;
-
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import org.alfresco.rest.api.model.AssocChild;
-import org.alfresco.rest.api.model.AssocTarget;
-import org.alfresco.rest.api.model.Node;
-import org.alfresco.rest.api.model.PathInfo;
-import org.alfresco.rest.api.model.UserInfo;
-import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
-
-public class RMNode extends Node
-{
-    protected boolean hasRetentionSchedule;
-
-    public boolean isHasRetentionSchedule()
-    {
-        return hasRetentionSchedule;
-    }
-
-    public void setHasRetentionSchedule(boolean hasRetentionSchedule)
-    {
-        this.hasRetentionSchedule = hasRetentionSchedule;
-    }
-
-    public RMNode(Node node)
-    {
-        this.nodeRef = node.getNodeRef();
-        this.name = node.getName();
-        this.createdAt = node.getCreatedAt();
-        this.modifiedAt = node.getModifiedAt();
-        this.createdByUser = node.getCreatedByUser();
-        this.modifiedByUser = node.getModifiedByUser();
-        this.archivedAt = node.getArchivedAt();
-        this.archivedByUser = node.getArchivedByUser();
-        this.isFolder = node.getIsFolder();
-        this.isFile = node.getIsFile();
-        this.isLink = node.getIsLink();
-        this.parentNodeRef = node.getParentId();
-        this.pathInfo = node.getPath();
-        this.relativePath = node.getRelativePath();
-        this.secondaryChildren = node.getSecondaryChildren();
-        this.targets = node.getTargets();
-        this.aspectNames = node.getAspectNames();
-        this.properties = node.getProperties();
-        this.allowableOperations = node.getAllowableOperations();
-
-        this.hasRetentionSchedule = true;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rest/api/package-info.java b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rest/api/package-info.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 46a42e731b..0000000000
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rest/api/package-info.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * #%L
- * Alfresco Records Management Module
- * %%
- * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2016 Alfresco Software Limited
- * %%
- * This file is part of the Alfresco software.
- * -
- * If the software was purchased under a paid Alfresco license, the terms of
- * the paid license agreement will prevail.  Otherwise, the software is
- * provided under the following open source license terms:
- * -
- * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- * -
- * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- * -
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- * #L%
- */
-
-@WebApi(name="ig", scope=Api.SCOPE.PUBLIC, version=1)
-package org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.rest.api;
-import org.alfresco.rest.framework.Api;
-import org.alfresco.rest.framework.WebApi;
\ No newline at end of file